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World Socialist Web Site Archive: November 2007

The archive below lists all articles that have been posted on the World Socialist Web Site by date. To visit the archive for other months, return to the Archive Monthly Index.

30 November 2007
France: drumhead tribunals and threats of police state repression
Iran: Why does Bush invoke the threat of World War III? - Part 1: Iran's strategic position
Australian Labor prime minister-elect unveils new pro-business cabinet
UN report into worst Afghan atrocity implicates security forces
Broadway stagehands return to work after union accepts concessions
More than 100 dead in Ukraine mine disaster
Report shows US coal mines not properly inspected due to cutbacks, mismanagement at safety agency
The Jena Six: Mychal Bell's case to be opened to the public
New Zealand: Charges dropped after "anti-terror" police raids
Meetings in US to commemorate 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Edmund Wilson's literary essays and reviews from 1920 to 1950: Just in time
Letter from the children of Jean Brust, veteran Trotskyist

29 November 2007
Annapolis: US prepares Palestinian civil war and rallies Arab support against Iran
Massive police deployment in Villiers-le-Bel - France: Three nights of rioting in response to youths' deaths
The betrayal of the French rail workers strike and the role of the LCR
An assessment of the SEP's vote and campaign in the 2007 Australian election
Sri Lanka: Central Bank union demands retraction of threats against SEP
Citigroup deal highlights US banking crisis
US bombing kills 14 construction workers in Afghanistan
An open letter to striking train drivers from the Socialist Equality Party of Germany
Big Three automakers prepare attack on Canadian workers

28 November 2007
US signs deal for long-term occupation of Iraq
Election defeat causes meltdown in Australia's Liberal and National parties
Venezuela: the class issues in Chavez's constitutional referendum
Canada's Supreme Court opens door to deportation of US "war resisters"
Striking writers are determined, wary as contract negotiations restart
Britain: The real issues in the Oxford Union "free speech" debate
ISSE meetings in Britain to screen Tsar to Lenin
Documenting the last days of Tsarist Russia and the birth of the new Soviet Union
Vancouver International Film Festival 2007--Part 3 - Some of the old problems, too

27 November 2007
Australian Labor prime minister elect reassures "our great friend and ally the United States"
Another slap in the face to antiwar voters: Democrats embrace former Iraq commander
France: Riots break out in Paris suburbs after police crash kills youth
Credit crisis reveals widespread accounting manipulation by top US banks
The sell-off of Britain Plc: Revenue and Customs loses personal details of 25 million
US Army reports rising desertion rates
Germany: Neo-Nazi attack in Dortmund restaurant
The filthy rich: Forbes lists America's top 400 for 2007
Ninety years since the Russian Revolution: The prospects for socialism in the twenty-first century--Part 3
Workers Struggles: The Americas

26 November 2007
Australian voters throw Howard government out of office
Australian voters speak to WSWS on polling day
Voters explain why they supported the Socialist Equality Party
Ninety years since the Russian Revolution: The prospects for socialism in the twenty-first century--Part 2
Bhutto and Sharif decry dictatorship, while seeking a deal with Pakistan's US-backed military regime
Annapolis talks: A cover for fomenting Palestinian civil war and preparing assault on Iran
Ten years since the death of Jean Brust, veteran Trotskyist
A life as a revolutionary
An example to the new generation
Redacted: Outraged but schematic
Letters from our readers

24 November 2007
French railway strike betrayed
SEP holds public meeting in Colombo to oppose the war in Sri Lanka
Oligarchs vie for power in Georgia
Britain: No central control over nuclear arsenal
The only genuine alternative for the working class - Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party on November 24
Ninety years since the Russian Revolution: The prospects for socialism in the twenty-first century--Part 1
Major parties treat carers with contempt
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The banality of evil: No Country for Old Men

23 November 2007
The only genuine alternative for the working class - Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party on November 24
Socialist Equality Party How To Vote cards available in PDF
The SEP and preferences in the 2007 election
Thoughtful response at SEP election meetings on the Russian Revolution
Germany: Left Party opposes train drivers' strike
Sri Lankan government rams war budget through parliament
Finland: What are the social roots of school gunman's murderous rage?
Jury awards damages to Central American Dole workers
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

22 November 2007
American liberalism and the Iraq War: The New York Times gives its blessing to Bush "surge"
France: 5,000 demonstrate in Strasbourg against Sarkozy
Rail workers, public service employees and students demonstrate in Amiens, France
Kosovo Assembly election result deepens crisis over independence
Bulgaria: Right-wing makes gains in local elections
Striking writers protest in Hollywood
"GetUp! Action for Australia": Protest politics in support of Labor
Socialist candidate warns Victorian teachers of union betrayal
More public hospital cutbacks in Sydney's west
Letters from our readers

21 November 2007
France: 1.5 million strike against Sarkozy's policies
Indian Stalinists reverse course, allow Indo-US nuclear deal go to IAEA
US recession fears grow as bank losses mount
New law condemning Franco's crimes further polarises Spain
University authorities use police repression against striking French students
Broadway remains dark another week after strike talks break down
Los Angeles school district threatens teachers with financial punishment over payroll glitch
Mexico: Aftermath of the Tabasco floods--another manmade "natural" disaster
British obesity levels the highest in Europe
The wrongful detention of Tony Tran: yet another immigration cover-up
Labor, Liberal and the revival of colonialism in the South Pacific
SEP-ISSE meeting in Sri Lanka: the lessons of the Russian Revolution

20 November 2007
US steps up plans for military intervention in Pakistan
France: Vast mobilisation expected November 20 against Sarkozy's policies
Teachers, public employees to join rail workers on strike
French workers need a new political strategy
Thousands die in devastating cyclone in Bangladesh
Britain: Brown reaffirms his pro-US credentials on Iran and Europe
On eve of Thanksgiving holiday - Food banks running out of supplies in Detroit
Strike at Russian Ford plant--a sign of renewed struggle by Russian workers
US veteran population: a mounting social catastrophe
New pro-business government takes office in Poland
The China resources boom and the gathering clouds of global recession
Workers Struggles: The Americas

19 November 2007
Teachers, public employees to join rail workers on strike - French workers need a new political strategy
All workers must mobilize behind German train drivers' strike
US envoy lauds Pakistani dictator's "democratic vision"
Appeals court panel bars key evidence from lawsuit against NSA spying
Political lessons of the UAW contract betrayal
Top general urges Brazil to develop nuclear weapons
Studios and striking writers to resume negotiations November 26
As Broadway stagehand talks resume - IATSE president blasts writers' strike
UN-backed Cambodian trials of Khmer Rouge leaders set to start
Student volunteers and the Katrina recovery: Some reflections after visiting New Orleans
Terry Cook, SEP candidate for Charlton, speaks on YouTube
The AEU and the Victorian teachers' wage rise campaign
Letters on Brian Wilson

17 November 2007
France: Rank-and-file workers force continuation of rail strike
German train drivers intensify their strike
German rail strike: report from Berlin and Frankfurt-Main
Democratic presidential debate: Right-wing consensus boosts Hillary Clinton
US dismisses IAEA report of "progress" over Iran's nuclear programs
US Congress moves toward passage of domestic spy bill
Writers' strike ends its second week - Mr. Edwards goes to the picket line
Britain: Vote 'no' and mobilize rank-and-file against CWU sell-out of postal workers
Iraqi archivist demands US return seized documents
Debt crisis deepens, as Howard launches another interest rate scare campaign
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

16 November 2007
French union leaders seek to strangle rail strike
France: Railway workers resist unions' plan for sell-out
New York's Democratic governor bows to anti-immigrant hysteria over license plan
Two months after deadly shooting, no charges against Blackwater mercenaries
Congressional Democrats resume phony "antiwar" votes
Multi-millionaire "populist" to appear on writers' picket line - Who is John Edwards?
Pickets at CBS discuss perspectives for writers' strike
Quebec: Parti Québécois introduces bill to restrict the rights of non-francophones
Malaysia: Large protest in Kuala Lumpur demands electoral reforms
"Terrorist" cases unravel, exposing government-police frame-ups and lies
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

15 November 2007
France: Despite success of strike, trade unions prepare a sellout
West Bengal's Stalinist government mounts terror campaign to quash peasant unrest
US home foreclosures nearly double from a year ago
Pakistani regime continues crackdown on opponents
Germany: The resignation of Franz Müntefering - The beginning of the end for the grand coalition
Britain's Respect-Unity coalition split: The collapse of an opportunist bloc
New York police shoot down disturbed youth--thought hairbrush was a gun
Striking television writers discuss political issues with the WSWS
US federal court blocks second court martial against Army war resister
Industrial relations and the trade unions under Labor: From Whitlam to Rudd--Part 4
"Reckless spending must stop " - Labor leader's campaign launch pledge to corporate Australia

14 November 2007
France: Sarkozy seeks confrontation with the working class
More in regret than anger - Bhutto calls for Pakistan's US-backed military strongman to resign
Congressional report puts cost of US wars at $1.6 trillion
Britain: Queen's Speech signals attack on civil liberties
Film and television celebrities express support for striking writers
An explosion of billionaires in China
Turkish union bureaucracy adds its voice to nationalist campaign
International Students for Socialist Equality meetings in Britain - 90 Years since the Russian Revolution
Industrial relations and the trade unions under Labor: From Whitlam to Rudd--Part 3
SEP's Patrick O'Connor speaks at Grayndler forum - Socialist Alliance and Greens back Labor
The SEP and preferences in the 2007 election
Letters from our readers

13 November 2007
For a socialist and internationalist perspective to fight French President Sarkozy's social cuts
US, British and Australian forces build oil-protection base in Iraq
German Chancellor Merkel sides with Bush - US president repeats "Third World War" warning
Indo-US nuclear deal could be casualty of India's fractured domestic politics
Sri Lankan president hands down war budget
US: New developments in the case of the 'Jena Six'
Increasing bitterness in film and television writers strike
Bankrupt US auto parts giant seeks $216 million for executive bonuses
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Poor planning compounds problems as drought plagues Southeast US
Britain: Inquiry to be held into Stockline factory blast
Industrial relations and the trade unions under Labor: from Whitlam to Rudd--Part 2
Government campaign launch - Howard's desperate appeal to big business
Workers Struggles: The Americas

12 November 2007
Bush reaffirms support for Musharraf as Pakistani dictator intensifies military repression
US prepares for tougher action against Iran
Ethiopia steps up military occupation of Mogadishu
French students mobilise against university reform
French student protesters: "Everything is directed at the government's policy of social destruction"
French President Sarkozy goes to Washington: A vassal pays homage
Sixty-nine percent of those polled in Los Angeles support walkout - Writers strike enters second week
Stagehands shut down Broadway over producers' takeaways
Ford Rouge workers denounce UAW sellout
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Industrial relations and the trade unions under Labor: from Whitlam to Rudd--Part 1
James Cogan on YouTube Rudd and Howard prepare to back US attack on Iran
Police and thieves: Ridley Scott's American Gangster

10 November 2007
With tacit US support, Pakistan's military regime intensifies repression
Sri Lanka: Oppose the JVP threats against the SEP
Bush gives green light for Turkey to attack PKK in Iraq - Historical, political issues in the Turkish-Kurd conflict
Senate confirms Mukasey as attorney general
Exposé of Gap's use of child labor part of a broader social phenomenon
Bernard Kerik indicted on federal fraud, conspiracy charges
At mass rally, Writers Guild leaders attempt to lull strikers to sleep
More writers and their supporters in Los Angeles and New York speak to the WSWS
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Rudd and Murdoch: the fashioning of a Blair-style "Labor moderniser"
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

9 November 2007
Near-panic atmosphere as US Federal Reserve chairman testifies before Congress
Deepening political crisis in Pakistan
Congress proposes $50 billion more in Iraq war funding
Democrats scuttle Cheney impeachment measure: fraud turns into farce
Support for writers' strike outrages Hollywood elite
US auto workers vote on contract betrayal at Ford
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Chicago-area high school students face expulsion for antiwar sit-in
The plight of the UAE's migrant workers: the flipside of a booming economy
Bolsheviks in Power - Professor Alexander Rabinowitch's important study of the first year of soviet power
SEP demands the dropping of charges against McArthur Express workers
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

8 November 2007
The Democratic Party candidates and the writers' strike
Writers and supporters speak out in Los Angeles and New York City
Off-year elections in US show continued hostility to Bush, Republicans
The European Union, railway privatisation and the attack on workers' living standards
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Quebec's Commission on "Reasonable Accommodation" and the growth of anti-Muslim chauvinism
France: Teachers resist Sarkozy's manipulation of Guy Moquêt history
Britain: Declining hygiene standards lead to 90 deaths at three hospitals from C. difficile
Howard, Rudd hypocrisy on martial law in Pakistan
Climate change, Kyoto, and carbon trading - Part 2: The orientation of Labor and the Greens
Letters from our readers

7 November 2007
One year since the 2006 election: The Democratic Congress and the war in Iraq
As Pakistanis risk life and limb to oppose Musharraf, US elite rallies round military regime
Bipartisan support for authoritarian measures - Democratic senator defends vote for Bush's attorney general nominee
US troop deaths in Iraq set yearly record
Writers' strike in its second day
More strikers speak with the WSWS
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Madrid bombing convictions despite flimsy evidence - Informant gave advance warning to Civil Guard
Majority of Southern US public school students are poor
Moroccan elections reveal gulf between regime and the population
Climate change, Kyoto, and carbon trading - Part 1: The Howard government and the Kyoto Protocol
The SEP and preferences in the 2007 election

6 November 2007
As Pakistanis battle martial law, US vows continued aid to Musharraf
Citigroup ousts CEO, warns of billions more in subprime losses
US film and television writers launch their struggle
Interviews with striking writers and supporters
Japan withdraws naval support for US war in Afghanistan
US auto workers denounce UAW betrayal at Ford
"The union is so intertwined with the company they are giving away the whole store"
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
US consumer safety head opposes strengthening agency's powers
May 2007 Scottish election fiasco: Report finds voters "treated as an afterthought"
Nick Beams on YouTube - The Socialist Alliance and East Timor
An exchange with the Australian Greens on their complicity in Howard's anti-terror laws
Union shuts down Victorian nurses campaign
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

5 November 2007
With Washington's complicity, Musharraf imposes martial law in Pakistan
Sri Lankan military assassinates LTTE political leader in air strike
Vote "no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Determined, angry mood among US film and television writers
Germany: Court lifts strike ban against train drivers
Abortion rights under attack in Britain
France: Immigration history museum opens without official inauguration - A sign of mounting opposition to Sarkozy's policies
Socialist Equality Party public meetings in Sydney, Perth & Melbourne - On the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution: the prospects for socialism in the twenty-first century
SEP candidate Alex Safari speaks at election forum in Maroubra - Labor's Peter Garrett presents his pro-war credentials

3 November 2007
Democrats cave in on torture: Key senators back attorney general nominee
Stock market gyrations fueled by credit, housing market crises
Jean Charles de Menezes shooting: Metropolitan police found guilty of endangering the public
"The UAW knew what was coming, but they got a good deal out of it for themselves." - Chrysler workers react to job cuts, denounce union betrayal
US film and television writers will walk out Monday
Strong opposition to CAW leadership voiced by Oshawa GM workers
Sri Lankan trade unions betray teachers strike
Detroit suburb to vote on measure to restrict democratic rights
The real issues in the controversy over the Tasmanian pulp mill
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

2 November 2007
Bitter outcome of UAW contract betrayal: Chrysler to cut 12,000 more jobs
New terror scare from the White House - Bush invokes 9/11 to justify torture, domestic spying and war
US intensifies push for further UN sanctions on Iran
Broader issues facing US film and television writers
Germany: Court to rule on train drivers strike
Auto workers oppose CAW's sweetheart deal with Magna
French President Sarkozy visits Morocco
Australia: Coroner exonerates police over fatal Macquarie Fields car chase
SEP-ISSE meeting in Sri Lanka - A socialist program to oppose war and its economic burdens
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Michael Clayton: The man who comes in from the cold

1 November 2007
US attorney general nominee refuses to condemn torture techniques
US Federal Reserve accedes to Wall Street demands with another interest rate cut
An historic betrayal - Canadian Auto Workers union "partners" with Magna International
Auto workers oppose CAW's sweetheart deal with Magna
Near-unanimous vote at UN to repudiate US blockade of Cuba
German court to decide on right to strike: - "If the right to strike is being trampled underfoot then I expect support" - Interview with two striking train drivers
US State Department offered immunity to Blackwater mercenaries
European Union clears final hurdle to postal privatisation
Protests by former Chinese soldiers: another source of political instability
"Big Tobacco" cuts arts funding in New York City
Howard government caught out lying over Hicks release from Guantánamo
erry Hicks, father of Australian Guantánamo prisoner, speaks with the WSWS
nternational Students for Social Equality to hold meetings on campuses in Canada
Vancouver International Film Festival 2007--Part 2 - ... And the new problems

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